National recognition for apprenticeship scheme

Axis Electronics was presented with the prestigious East of England Award at the National Training Awards ceremony held in Cambridge last week.

Axis Electronics was presented with the prestigious East of England Award at the National Training Awards ceremony held in Cambridge last week.

The Bedford based electronics contract manufacturing company was recognised for its commitment to growing talent in-house as a way to narrow the skills gap in today's technology market.

Jaqui Henderson, Chief Executive of UK Skills, which runs the awards on behalf of the Department of Education and Skills, said: "These awards have always been about excellence, achievement and improvement".

"This means bottom-line benefits for employers and significant career development for individuals".

"We all benefit from a highly skilled workforce: the individuals themselves, because they are able to fulfil their potential and the organisations who employ them, because they have motivated, loyal and creative employees".

Axis Electronics has come up with a traditional solution to a modern problem and has developed a highly successful apprenticeship scheme.

School leavers are taken on and, 18 months later, these modern apprentices graduate from the scheme as valuable employees of a similar calibre to the skilled staff which Axis would normally look to recruit.

Phil Inness, Managing Director of Axis Electronics, said: "We're delighted to receive this award and also to see the modern apprentices mature and prosper".

"They are the green shoots for the future".

As if to underline its growing reputation as an employer of choice, Axis Electronics has also recently been re-accredited by Investors in People for the third consecutive time since 2000.

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